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GROVE, Violet Mae

GROVE, Violet Mae[1]

Female 1933 - 2014  (81 years)    Has 18 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name GROVE, Violet Mae  [1
    Birth 27 February 1933  Greene County, Ohio, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 28 August 2014  Branch County, Michigan, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Kinderhook, Branch County, Michigan, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Violet Mae Straw, age 81, of Kinderhook Township, Montgomery, Michigan, passed away at Maple Lawn Medical Care Facility, Thursday, August 28, 2014.

      Violet was born on February 27, 1933, in Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio.

      She married Jay J. "Bud" Straw on April 4, 1953, in Angola, Indiana.

      Violet graduated from Coldwater High School in 1951. She was a nurses' aide for the Coldwater State Home for 18 years, retiring in 1988. She enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren, and spending time at her cottage in northern Michigan.

      Survivors include five daughters, Kathy (Bob) Miner of Montgomery, Michigan, Carolyn (Jeff) Hensley of Montgomery, Alabama, Sharon Frasier of Angola, Indiana, Velvet (Gerry) Lerch of Kent City, Michigan, and Shirley Sensat of Kinderhook Township, Michigan; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a brother, George Pope of Coldwater, Michigan.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jay " Bud" Straw; four brothers; and a grandson, Wesley.

      Burial will be at Knauss Cemetery, Kinderhook Township, Branch County, Michigan
    Person ID I422430272278  Ancestry dot com tree
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2025 

    Father GROVE, David Beacher,   b. 7 May 1890, Urbana, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 September 1969, Franklin County, Ohio, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother STRICKLAND, Cora A,   b. 16 December 1910, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 January 1966 (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F3808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family STRAW, Jay J Jr,   b. 15 April 1929   d. 1 December 2007 (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. STRAW, K.
     2. STRAW, C.J.
    +3. STRAW, S.
     4. STRAW, V.D.
     5. STRAW, S.E.
    Family ID F3719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1666982414] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).